Character Introduction: Ash Hathaway
The avatar maker I used: https://picrew.me/image_maker/426722 Today, I am introducing Ash Hathaway: Ash is impulsive and reckless in her...
Character Introduction: Maddie Morgan
The avatar maker I used: https://picrew.me/image_maker/426722 Today, the character we will talk about is Maddie Morgan. Maddie is a very...
Character Introduction: Lexi Morgan
Over the next few days, I am going to introduce some of my OCs, albeit briefly to avoid major spoilers (plot points and character arcs),...
Prologues
I've seen many people have their own takes on whether or not you should have a prologue, and it seems like there is a lot of hate against...
My Plans for My Warriors Cats Fanfiction
(see previous two posts on this for context) Like I said originally, I never finished the second book of this series, but I did start it...
Introducing My Warriors Cats Fanfiction
The Clans that I made up are SunClan, MoonClan, GalaxyClan, and LightningClan. MoonClan featured the OCs of one of my friends, and...
Terrible Fanfiction I Wrote
I never want to speak of this again. I have nothing against the fanfiction genre--I really don't. But that doesn't mean the stuff I wrote...
Writing for Children
I have had a lot of experience writing for children, as most of my ensemble cast is under eighteen in both The Secret Portal and School...
Research Materials for School of the Legends
Because School of the Legends is based on fairy tales, folklore, and other public domain materials, I plan to read the original works...
Writing Magic Systems
Magic systems definitely are not one-size fits all, so I don't think it's possible to cover all of them, but here's what I have to say...
Deciding to Delete a Scene
Deleting a scene can be a very hard decision when it comes to writing, and as someone who has deleted scenes before, here's my take on...
Fight Scenes in TSP
I have a fair share of fight scenes throughout my series, and I could not write them for the life of me. So, I turned to the Internet. I...
Character Dynamics in TSP
As I've mentioned in previous posts, I have an ensemble cast in The Secret Portal, so it was important to me that I knew how everyone...
Character Voice in TSP
As I have said in previous blog posts, I have an ensemble cast with multiple narrators, which means I have to have character voice DOWN...
Character Building for TSP
I have an ensemble cast of characters in The Secret Portal. I'd gotten comments before that it was hard to keep track of all of them, and...
The Terrible Concepts of TSP Draft Two
Draft Two Book One: https://kaylinrosealexande.wixsite.com/kaylinalexanderbooks/post/draft-two-book-one-of-the-secret-portal Draft Two...
Other Ideas I've Had
When I was little, I wrote a lot of short stories. I would draw pictures, and then my mom would write the text as I told her what to...
Becoming School of the Legends
(see previous SOTL blogs) The rest of the story I will have to be vague just so I can avoid spoilers. In high school, I managed to smooth...
Revising M.A.G.I.C.: Foundation of School of the Legends
(see previous SOTL blog posts) I'm not entirely sure what possessed me to do this, but I decided to essentially change everybody's name...
The Formation of School of the Legends
(see the Origins of SOTL post for context) So, MARG did not work out as a story idea, as I went over in my previous blog post. I didn't...
